The issue of biological males competing in girls’ sports has reached a new level of absurdity, and it took place right here in Clark County.
Ken VanceEditor, Clark County Today
Officials from Let’s Go Washington and news personality Brandi Kruse (unDivided Podcast) each reported that an athlete at Camas High School has competed on both the boys’ cross country team and the girls’ cross country team in the same season!
Here is the information that was shared with Clark County Today:
“Camas High School cross country athlete switches from boys' team to girls' team after racing on the boys' team during the first race of the 2026 season and displaces female athletes along the way. ‘They’ won the dual meet running in the girls' category against Union High School of Vancouver on the 29th of September. All of this is verifiable on Athletic.net. Female athletes from Skyview High School protested the fairness of racing against a biological male and questioned their eligibility at a Camas home meet on Sept. 15th. This athlete raced the previous two seasons as a male – their freshman and sophomore years – as well as the first race of this season in the male category before switching. After switching, this athlete is now ranked as the second fastest ‘female’ runner on the team based on their race times and is therefore taking a top varsity spot from females. This is an example of a male with clear biological advantages who has been through puberty switching genders to compete against girls mid season. While we want to honor the personal choices of this athlete, they are taking spots away from female athletes and diminishing the work of all the female athletes because of their innate biological physical advantage. Because of the current law, no one feels comfortable speaking up, school officials and coaches have been silent on the issue, and this leaves the high school kids on teams and the surrounding schools to figure out how to navigate this situation on their own.’’
On Monday (Oct. 5), Kruse shared on Facebook that she had received a statement from the Camas School District in response to her inquiry into the situation. Here is the statement provided by the district:
“Under current WIAA eligibility standards, students are permitted to participate in athletics consistent with their gender identity. The district will continue to follow state law and WIAA requirements unless those laws or rules change. We also have an obligation to protect student privacy and will not discuss the circumstances or eligibility of an individual student.’’
The administrators and staff members at the Camas School District who issued that statement are correct. In this disgustingly Democrat-controlled state that we live in, progressives hide behind statements like that to promote and protect their agenda. However, that is only state law. There is also federal law.
Officials at the Camas School District and Camas High School know full well where the federal government currently stands on this issue and that it is widely accepted to be an 80/20 issue, meaning an estimated 80 percent of the residents of this country believe it is absolutely wrong and inappropriate for a biological male to compete in girls’ sports. That doesn’t even begin to address the amazing absurdity of an athlete competing on both a boys’ and a girls’ team in the same season!
Ammunition to do the right thing
On Feb. 5, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order banning transgender women from girls’ and women’s sports, and has repeatedly made public statements opposing men competing in women’s athletics. The order directed the Department of Justice and federal agencies to interpret Title IX rules as reserving women’s sports for biological women and ordered schools and athletic associations to protect all-female teams and locker rooms, and to risk losing federal funds if they allow male competition in women’s sports. In June 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that states may require women’s and girls’ sports eligibility to be determined by biological sex, upholding Idaho and West Virginia laws that bar transgender women and girls from female teams.
There you have it. There’s your license to do the right thing – to use common sense to solve a senseless problem.
Obviously, if the Camas School District chose to follow Trump’s executive order (federal law) over state law, lawsuits would immediately be filed, even with the SCOTUS ruling earlier this year. And, that would take courage to follow federal law over state law, especially one established by an executive order by this president. Teachers and school administrators in this state are much more likely to applaud and celebrate this absurdity than they are to oppose it. Young children and teenagers crave that type of validation from their teachers and peers. Frankly, it confuses them and it’s harmful to them.
Unfortunately, we all know that the majority of lawmakers, bureaucrats and school district officials will never support Washington joining Idaho and West Virginia as states that bar transgender women and girls from female teams.
Issues like this one are just among the many reasons why the enrollment in public schools is declining at a historic pace.
Initiative 638
Washington voters will have a voice on this issue in the Nov. 3 general election. Initiative 638 proposes to amend state law to prohibit transgender girls from competing in some school athletic activities intended exclusively for females, and to require healthcare providers to verify a student’s biological sex to determine eligibility.
The petition was originally filed with the Washington secretary of state’s office by Let’s Go Washington. In January, the group submitted 445,187 signatures to be reviewed and the signature verification was completed on Jan. 22. Secretary of State Steve Hobbs notified the legislature on that day. The state legislature could have approved the measure, rejected it, passed an alternative measure accompanying it, or taken no action. If a measure is rejected, or if no action is taken, it is then certified for the ballot. Because the legislature did not act on the measure before its session ended on March 12, it was then set to appear on the November ballot.
Supporters argue the measure would preserve fair competition and equal athletic opportunity for girls due to obvious sports-relevant differences. Critics warn it would add intrusive eligibility checks to school physicals and could put students at risk of forced outing. Let’s Go Washington officials declare the “initiative language does not require, mandate, or authorize genital exams. A doctor will simply check a box on a physical form that already exists to confirm a child’s sex. They can use existing medical history knowledge, the existing medical history form, or any other method the doctor and patient deem is best to check the box on the sports physical form.’’
What can you do?
I’ve long prided myself in never telling others how to vote, especially in a space like this. However, if you are one of the estimated 80 percent of Americans who believe, like me, that situations like the one that just unfolded right here in Clark County are so astronomically absurd and inappropriate, I encourage you to vote YES on Initiative 638. If you’re one of the 20 percent, there’s nothing I can say that will change your mind.
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